long-distance call

collocation in English

meaningsoflong-distanceandcall

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long-distance
adjective[before noun]
adverb
uk
/ˌlɒŋˈdɪs.təns/us
/ˌlɑːŋˈdɪs.təns/
travelling a long way, or separated by a ...
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call
noun
uk
/kɔːl/us
/kɑːl/
the act of using ...
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(Definition oflong-distanceandcallfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I said that the man made along-distancecallasking for an appointment.
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If one places along-distancecall, one cannot take any incoming call until it has reached one.
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Along-distancecallis not necessarily synonymous with a call to another telephone area code.
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The person who has along-distancecallto make is usually not the person who is doing it just to fill in time.
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A telephone subscriber making along-distancecallis charged according to the time for which the line is held at his disposal.
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Along-distancecallis therefore known not as a toll call but as a trunk call.
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In 1918, the average time to complete the connection for along-distancecallwas 15 minutes.
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I know we are some distance from this electronic system, but that is the kind of thing which will speed up the service, more particularly thelong-distancecall.
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From many larger cities, the long-distance operator was reached by dialing 2-1-1 in order to place along-distancecall.
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Until the early 1980s a called party could instantly recognize an incominglong-distancecallby its hiss or low level, due to the inherent signal loss and introduction of noise.
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Callers from outside the local-calling region of the assigned number, however, pay for a long-distancecall, although domestic long distance rates are generally lower than the rates in caller-pays systems.
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